Well, glad someone finally noticed we are releasing a twin hopper. The prototype is basically the AAR standard car as illustrated in the 1940 Car Builder's Cyclopedia, although we actually used

Does anyone know what is contained in decal set MEVP 60' Con-Cor Auto Parts Car? Thanks! Francis A. Pehowic, Jr. in Sunbury, Pa.

Chris, sets E-2 and E-3 each have the flag etc that you want. Each set has NJI&I reporting marks for only one car, as does the E-1 set. Tim O'Connor

Dave, When looking at the various 50-ton AAR hopper cars that were built, one of the key features I look at to distinguish one version from another is the shape of the side sills. The earliest

OK that is an easy one. I am employed as a Carman for Kansas City Southern Railroad in Jackson, MS. As to the difference for than and now, I can say that there is probably very little.   Basically

Based on Al's description, it sound like the Atlas, Kadee, and Athearn offset twins are the long-taper design, while the drawing on Accurail's site would suggest the "short-taper" design. The RPI

Al Kresse wrote: ARA/AAR transitional end side-panels being used: AAR Kiesel)? ARA licensed by Wine)? The descriptive terms of "tapered" and "step" have been used to described how the off-set side

Although I would have appreciated something with separately applied grabs, this could be useful if they do the versions with heap shields also. Bill Welch

Not being a modeler . . . I believe there were basically three types of "patented/licensed" ARA/AAR transitional end side-panels being used: 1) 1928 Enterprise and Wine designs 2) 1931 Kiesel

Bill, you can just go on their web site and check. You can order there also. They are quite efficient in filling oders. Joe Lofland

Like Tim said "whahoo yippee ky-ay". We really need a short tapered twin. RPI mentioned a kitbash with the Athearn Quad, but it would be difficult because the middle seam would be difficult to

Thanks, Chet and Ed. Your answers solve a number of small mysteries that had been bothering me, and confirm what I had come to conclude shortly after my posting, that this was a nonuniform series.

I'm hoping perhaps someone on the list has purchased some of these Gold Medal Models parts - they look suitable for a tank car I'm modelling. While I could use the HO version, part 3500, the HOn3

Al, Actually my interests lie a little further north, the OT, if you have a GN time table, does it not show the ruling grades?, the one steam era one I saw once did. GN was known for trying to

Ed, I have photos of 86555, 86684, 86727, and 86856 and three of them have 8-44 built dates and all have 7-panel Superior doors. The two photos I have of the 1942 cars show Youngstown doors. I do

Chet, Thanks for your explanation that clarifies these cars. Another item that has added to my confusion of these cars is a photo of WAB 86694 taken by Col. Chet McCoid in 1956. The build date of

Tim, I am aware of 3 offset twins - Atlas, Kadee, Athearn, and ? What are the significant differences between the pre-war offset twins? Looking through the RPI site, they characterize the accurail

Looks like an AAR standard twin... again... for the fourth time in HO... whahoo yippee ky-ay.

That would be OT/SP&S trains on the twisty part from Wishram to Bend with 1.5% grade they did use a lot of GN power , GN Bend to Bieber, IIRC there max grade was about 1.5 too. Time will tell as I go

My understanding is that the new twin hopper will be a"standard" offset style utilizing the same detail sprues as the Accurail 3-bay 70t hopper. John Greedy